TEHRAN – Spokesman for the Trade Promotion Commission of the Iranian House of Industry, Mine and Trade Rouhollah Latifi has said that Iran’s export of non-oil goods in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2024) hit a record high.
According to the figures of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iran exported $53 billion worth of non-oil commodities between March 21, 2024, and February 20, 2025, Latifi said
He went on to say that the country’s trade in non-oil goods in this period reached above $117 billion, registering the highest record in exports during the previous 11 months of the year.
It is predicted that Iran’s export of non-oil products will hit about $58 billion by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (to end March 20, 2025), he added.
Non-Oil Exports to Afghanistan Rise 31% 
Latifi went on, Iran’s non-oil exports to Afghanistan grew by 31% in the 10-month period from March 20, 2024, to January 19, 2025.
Latifi, said Iran exported $1.972 billion worth of non-oil goods to Afghanistan during this period, making Afghanistan Iran’s fourth-largest export destination among neighboring countries.
In a meeting with an Iranian trade delegation in Kabul last August, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, expressed Afghanistan’s interest in attracting Iranian investment to develop its mining sector, expand solar energy projects, and improve railway connectivity.
The Iranian delegation proposed establishing a joint special industrial zone with Afghanistan and held separate discussions with Taliban Acting Minister of Commerce Nooruddin Azizi, advocating for a joint economic-mining zone between the two nations.
Iran’s commercial attaché in Afghanistan, Hossein Roustaei, emphasized the need for new trade models to strengthen Iran’s market presence in Afghanistan.
“Afghanistan meets more than 80% of its market demand through imports, with 25% of that supplied by Iran,” Roustaei said during a meeting at the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA).
He noted that Iran exported $724 million worth of goods to Afghanistan in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20–July 21, 2024), marking a 28% increase from the same period last year.